AQ/ Toby Ong Zheng Shuo/10s403

The first passage states that murder and violence are higher in nations with the largest income inequality. This is most likely because of the large income gap in society will induce pressure on the poor as the poor will feel inferior as compared to the rich and thus will resort to violence especially when the rich looks down on them.In some societies, the rich lives separately from the poor creating two 'separate' countries as there is little interaction between both the parties. However, in the case of Singapore, there is not a problem regarding income levels as most of the working adults do not have a great difference in income and mostly all Singaporeans received secondary education thus they will learn moral values. Thus with secondary school education, Singaporeans can find jobs that can afford at least the basic necessities in life. Thus very little income problems will arise. Therefore, income inequality is a minor factor for violence and murder cases occurring in Singapore.

The second passage states that riots are geographically and socially circumscribed, with almost all occurring in destitute neighborhoods. Such communities suffer from poverty such that they do not have enough income to afford food and basic necessities. Thus these low income families might feel unfair that the government is not helping them and only focused on developing the country which will make the rich richer and the poor poorer. therefore resulting in riots as this is a way of expressing their anger to the government and hopefully the government does something to alleviate the problem. however, in the context of Singapore, the income gap is relatively low due to the enforcement and support given by the government. Thus it is unlikely that riots will happen in Singapore.